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4861 [lbo-talk] Recipe for "privatizing" schools -- rank: 1000

On Nov 10, 2009, at 3:02 PM, Jordan Hayes wrote: > After reading all about this dustup, I think your original point of > putting the CREDO results out there as "Charter schools don't work" > is (very) wrong Their own conclusion says: "And yet, this study reveals in unmistakable terms that, in the aggregate, charter students are not faring as well as their TPS [traditional public school] counterparts. Further, tremendous variation in academic quality among charters is ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Nov 10 12:37:41 PST 2009

4862 [lbo-talk] GlobeScan: lWide Dissatisfaction with Capitalism Twenty Years after Fall of Berlin Wall -- rank: 1000

On Nov 10, 2009, at 2:01 PM, Joseph Catron wrote: > "Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, a new BBC World > Service > global poll finds that dissatisfaction with free market capitalism is > widespread, with an average of only 11% across 27 countries saying > that it > works well and that greater regulation is not a good idea." > > http://www.globescan.com/news_archives/bbc2009_berlin_wall Of course, Americans are happiest of all with the beast: <ht ...

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Date:	Tue Nov 10 11:23:34 PST 2009

4863 [lbo-talk] Recipe for "privatizing" schools -- rank: 1000

CREDO's response, Hoxby's reply, CREDO's final response: <http://credo.stanford.edu/> The lead of their first response: <http://credo.stanford.edu/reports/CREDO_Hoxby_Rebuttal.pdf> > The memo, A Serious Statistical Mistake in the CREDO Study of > Charter Schools, by Caroline > Hoxby, does not provide any basis whatsoever for discounting the > reliability of the CREDO study s > conclusions. The central element of Dr. Hoxby s critique is a > statistical argument th ...

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Date:	Tue Nov 10 11:21:55 PST 2009

4864 [lbo-talk] Recipe for "privatizing" schools -- rank: 1000

On Nov 10, 2009, at 12:26 PM, Dennis Perrin wrote: > My son goes to a local charter school, and it's been the best > educational experience he's ever had. Small classes. Young, > committed teachers. Parental involvement (I teach there a bit each > year). The lad has steadily improved and expanded his knowledge > since 6th grade. This is his final year before high school. Makes me > sad. Curiously, the Stanford CREDO study I just cited reports that charter schools do better - b ...

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Date:	Tue Nov 10 09:35:20 PST 2009

4865 [lbo-talk] Recipe for "privatizing" schools -- rank: 1000

On Nov 10, 2009, at 12:11 PM, Jordan Hayes wrote: > Doug writes: > >> They don't work. > > I think that's a stretch. > >> There are some good ones, but there are also some good >> public schools. > > But when a new charter is started, it's not because they want to > replace the "good" public school; it's that the "good" public school > isn't big enough. They want to replace a random *bad* public school > so that there are (nomin ...

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Date:	Tue Nov 10 09:27:27 PST 2009

4866 [lbo-talk] the nads -- rank: 1000

<http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/2000-2009-toward-a-new-terminology> 2000-2009: Toward A New Terminology We are almost done with this ridiculous decade and we have yet to reach consensus on a proper way to describe the period. And don't give me "The Aughts," because, honestly, that is a terrible name. So we're making a unilateral declaration today that the span of years from 2000 to 2009 will henceforth be referred to as "The Nads." Think about it: It started off wit ...

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Date:	Tue Nov 10 09:08:09 PST 2009

4867 [lbo-talk] charter schools -- rank: 1000

<http://www.nber.org/papers/w14852> Charter Schools in New York City: Who Enrolls and How They Affect Their Students' Achievement Caroline M. Hoxby, Sonali Murarka NBER Working Paper No. 14852* Issued in April 2009 We analyze all but a few of the 47 charter schools operating in New York City in 2005-06. The schools tend locate in disadvantaged neighborhoods and serve students who are substantially poorer than the average public school student in New York City. The schools also attract ...

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Date:	Tue Nov 10 09:03:28 PST 2009

4868 [lbo-talk] Recipe for "privatizing" schools -- rank: 1000

On Nov 10, 2009, at 11:37 AM, Jordan Hayes wrote: > Doug writes: > >> I saw a study a while back that tried to correct for the >> selection bias, and found that charters made no difference. > > Yes, but what do you say to the parents who are motivated to > participate and support the effort and yet cannot find it within > your normal big city school system? That the charter doesn't help. They don't work. There are some good ones, but there are also some good public ...

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Date:	Tue Nov 10 08:52:41 PST 2009

4869 [lbo-talk] Recipe for "privatizing" schools -- rank: 1000

On Nov 10, 2009, at 1:27 AM, wrobert at uci.edu wrote: > If I remember correctly, charters tend to not to do as well as public > schools in most areas... There's a problem comparing them because parents who choose charters are probably more involved and motivated than those who don't. So that means the home environments are different - and home environment is a far stronger influence on educational outcomes than school quality. I saw a study a while back that tried to correct for the s ...

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Date:	Tue Nov 10 08:22:46 PST 2009

4870 [lbo-talk] Stanley's greatness -- rank: 1000

On Nov 9, 2009, at 2:18 PM, Alan Rudy wrote: > if the explanation occurred under a new subject line, that'd be > swell, too. I just changed it. You could have too!

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Date:	Mon Nov 9 11:29:03 PST 2009

4871 [lbo-talk] CalPERS news -- rank: 1000

On Nov 9, 2009, at 2:01 PM, Dennis Claxton wrote: > Doug, isn't CalPers an example you use a lot to talk about > shareholder activism? It was a leader in the 1990s. Haven't followed them more recently. Doug

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Date:	Mon Nov 9 11:13:38 PST 2009

4872 [lbo-talk] "The Complete Guide to Killing Non-Jews" article from Ma'ariv -- rank: 1000

On Nov 9, 2009, at 1:07 PM, Bryan Atinsky wrote: > Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, one of the fathers of religious Zionism Rabbi Kook? You can't make this stuff up. A lot of this is covered in Israel Shahak's Jewish History, Jewish Religion, no? I read on Wikipedia that Shahak's critics accuse him of inventing much of his material. Did he? Doug

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Date:	Mon Nov 9 11:12:55 PST 2009

4873 [lbo-talk] Conversation with Derrida -- rank: 1000

On Nov 8, 2009, at 11:19 PM, Carrol Cox wrote: > After this weekend in Amherst I have tentativelydecided that Aronowitz > is a very important leftist, and My opinion o fhim has grown greatly. > His Manifesto 15 project may be of great importance You care to explain his greatness and the project's importance, or should we just take your word for it? Doug

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Date:	Mon Nov 9 09:10:54 PST 2009

4874 [lbo-talk] Luntz on the Rep message -- rank: 1000

[This is deadly accurate. From Mike Allen.] FRANK LUNTZ, author of the new bestseller 'What Americans Really Want...Really,' has some free advice for the GOP about how to frame the vote next fall: 'Health care is not about jobs. Health care is about health care. The GOP ad next fall should read: 'The Democrats in Congress passed a partisan trillion dollar health care bill last year. Remember that, a trillion dollars! So tell me, are you paying less today for healthcare than you did last ye ...

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Date:	Mon Nov 9 09:04:59 PST 2009

4875 [lbo-talk] How radical was Derrida? (was 'does anyone read poststructuralism anymore?') -- rank: 1000

On Nov 8, 2009, at 5:13 AM, Joseph Catron wrote: > On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 6:15 PM, C. G. Estabrook > <galliher at illinois.edu> wrote: > >> But x is universally wrong, and there are no (effectual) witches. > > So your claim is that the stupid unwashed masses have brought the > witch doctors their money for centuries, but not a single one of them > has ever gotten anything of value in return? By what strange logic > would such a thing be possible? Given the pla ...

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